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What we wear when we worship the Lord in the dance is just as important as our music and our choreography.”As a matter of fact, what we wear before the King of Kings whenwe dance and minister before Him should be a wearable banner. Itshould be glorious, and we should look and feel impeccable for ourKing.

Jocelyn Richard: Minister Pamela what is the Biblical mandate for worship dance garments?

Pamela Stovall: Before we get into theBiblical mandate, I think each dancer must know who God says thatthey are. We are a royal priesthood, and we are kings and priests.

And so with that being known, I have the Biblical mandate

broken in two parts. The first part is covering who we are. As the

scripture states in Hosea, the people are destroyed for lack of

knowledge, and that’s a knowledge of not knowing who we are.

And the second thing is once we know who we are in the body

of Christ, it then says that we are a chosen priesthood and He

gave the priests instructions. God left orders of their holy garments

in Exodus. He gave them an order to go by. So when we read

the scripture we find out those who serve in the temple, and those

who serve before the presence of God will find Biblical instructions

In Exodus 28.

Pamela Stovall: In Exodus 28. 2-4, it says: “Thou shall makeholy garments for Aaron, thy brother, for glory and for beauty, andthou shall speak unto all that are wise-hearted and whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments toconsecrate him, that they may minister among me in the priestlyoffice, and these are the garments which they shall make.” It gives adescription of the breastplate, the ephod, the robe, the embroiderycode and so on. It even tells the colors that theyshould make it in. And I say this part to the priests of old, it isvery important to the priests of right now. So that’s the mandate the scripture is telling us to go by.”

Jocelyn Richard: Well, thank you; that’s very important, becausewhatever we do for the Lord, we have to make sure that there’s a scripture to it. And I’m glad that you brought those scriptures out. As dance ministers, we need

to know those scriptures and that needs to be our guidebook.

So when we choose our garments, we don’t just choose anything.

We should put thought and pray over what we wear when

we dance. It’s just like we don’t just choose any music for ourchoreography. It’s the same thing.

Jocelyn Richard: So having this Biblical mandate. What are the three things,

that we should consider when we choose our garments?

Pamela Stovall: I think our garments should show the beauty of Christ.

I think they should show the honor of Christ, and I think

They should show the holiness of Christ. Choose according

to the economical level of your church or your ministry.

Jocelyn Richard: Good….excellent. Now, let’s remember:You said the beauty of the Lord, the . . …

Pamela Stovall: the honor of the Lord,

Jocelyn Richard: The honor of the Lord, and the holiness.That’s, excellent. I hope you all wrote that down.

When you talk about the dance ministry is a visual art form.

Everyone likes to look at beautiful things and there’s nothing

wrong with feeling and looking beautiful for the Lord.

So, now, let’s say I’m part of a large dance team, with people

of varying shapes and sizes. How can I outfit such a teamand still be elegant, unified, and economical. I know that’sasking a lot…..but how? What advice would you give us

For outfitting such a team?

Pamela Stovall: First of all, make sure that we choose somethingthat will compliment everybody’s shape. Sometimes wethink economically. Just because we see it has a price

that we can afford we try to make it fit everybody. Then

it winds up not being honorable. It winds up not enhancing

anything, So one of the things that we need to consider is body types.

And then proper undergarments. You know even though

we’re thinking economically, first things first. Even if you have

to wait before you go forth to present (to dance). Worship unto the

Lord may be worth waiting,

Jocelyn Richard: Well that is definitely foundational teaching. If you’re not

ready, even as far as your outward garments….. wait. Nowthat is deep. Because I’m the kind of personality — itwould be hard for me to wait, but that is, that’s so rich.I’m so glad that you said that. And I don’t eventhink that I’ve even heard anyone say that, but it’s true. It’s partof the overall presentation of worship to the Lord, of leading

others to worship the Lord. If that’s not in order, then just

like any other thing in our ministry not in order, then it’s

OK to sit and wait until we get that in place.

Let’s talk about modesty, the importance of modesty, and your experience with it.

So tell us the importance

and how do we make sure we’re dressed modestly and we’re

presented modestly.

Pamela Stovall: Modesty is very, becausethere are things we need to consider being in the office that weare in. First of all, we never want to be offensive to the people

Pamela Stovall: The first thing that I think about, even before our garments, is that the song preaches first.And then once we study the song ask God to give us vision. Weneed to highlight those particular things in a song so that the people can be ministered to. Next, choosingthe colors for what is to be interpreted, because we don’t want to talk.I’ll give you an example. We don’t want to say how holy God is andthen we’re in black.

Pamela Stovall: Everything we need, even in the scripture I readbefore, is in the Bible. When He told them to choose the garments

of the priests, he told them exactly what colors to use. So it would havebeen contrary for those skillful people, who were sewing them,to sew something different. If it’s important to God, it should beimportant to us. Make sure our garments are expressing whatthe Word of God says. That’s how we make sure our garments preach.I think that’s something that’s important. The garments that we wear for worship dance should be able to preach even when the song stops. Amen.